"Marcus, aren't you going to do something about all this gold?"
Nami was confused. With Marcus' abilities, he could strip this entire ship bare in minutes. Sure, gold wasn't exactly scarce to...
2025-11-23 02:17:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe whole Shichiseiken drama had finally blown over, and the crew could get back to what they'd come here for, exploring Skypiea and enjoying the bizarre floating island experience.
Different...
2025-11-23 02:16:34 +0000 UTC View PostTwo weeks passed in the blink of an eye.
Mario had spent most of that time on Endstar, though he made a point of visiting Afterlife every few days to check on operations there. He'd learned t...
2025-11-23 02:15:10 +0000 UTC View PostAfter sending Hendry back home, Mario returned to the yacht and settled into a comfortable deck chair with a fishing rod.
Shaw crouched in his usual corner, lost in thought. The conversation ...
2025-11-23 02:13:58 +0000 UTC View PostEmma glanced at Shaw, then at Riptide frozen solid in ice. Her diamond form rippled like liquid mercury, transforming back into ordinary flesh and bone. She walked forward, reaching out to touch Ma...
2025-11-23 02:13:02 +0000 UTC View PostMario and Raven arrived at Banner's laboratory, and Mario paused at the entrance. Obsidian sat on the ground, back against the outer wall. Mario could sense the waves of existential despair radiati...
2025-11-23 02:12:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring set out from the hidden valley. Elrond watched their departing figures and sighed softly.
The world was in chaos and turmoil. Nowhere was spared...
2025-11-23 02:10:58 +0000 UTC View PostLight?
No, that wasn't it.
Garrett drank a bottle of night vision potion and looked into the distance.
That wasn't light.
Creak... creak...
The sharp sound of...
2025-11-23 02:10:00 +0000 UTC View Post"Why hasn't Garrett come back yet?"
At the same time that Garrett was heading toward the Northern Waste, in a western outpost belonging to the Free Cities near Dol Guldur, Elrond and Glorfind...
2025-11-23 02:09:12 +0000 UTC View PostSaruman was, for the time being, safe.
In an earlier discussion, Elrond and Gandalf had come to the same conclusion.
The Nazgûl had chosen to capture and imprison him rather than kill ...
2025-11-23 02:08:22 +0000 UTC View Post"Each of you take one of these kunai and keep it on you at all times during patrol."
Kenji stood outside his tent in Area A3, holding out three specially marked kunai to the chunin squad lead...
2025-11-23 02:07:05 +0000 UTC View PostA week after Kenji had first demonstrated the Wood Release puppet, he found himself back at the same training ground. This time, three people were present: himself, Hiruzen, and someone he knew wel...
2025-11-23 02:06:04 +0000 UTC View Post"Kenji, I want you to create another Wood Release puppet for the village."
Hiruzen's tone was serious. He'd been thinking about this since witnessing the demonstration, and had clearly reache...
2025-11-23 02:05:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe Eight-Tails' chakra gradually dissipated. The massive form shrank, tailed beast energy withdrawing until it revealed an unconscious Killer B collapsed on the ground.
"Yes! We caught the E...
2025-11-23 02:04:26 +0000 UTC View PostKenji's head snapped toward the sound. The explosive tags should have detonated by now. Had A survived? He didn't have time to investigate further.
"ROOOAAAAR!"
The bellow was deafening...
2025-11-23 02:02:31 +0000 UTC View PostKenji stood slightly to the side, observing the standoff.
This was it. The first clash between the A-B Combo and Minato, exactly as it had played out in the original timeline. The difference ...
2025-11-23 02:01:08 +0000 UTC View PostInside the tent, although Black Zetsu sounded serious, Kakuzu just felt that this thing wasn't serious at all.
Don't ask him why. It was just a feeling.
After all, you couldn't read its...
2025-11-23 01:57:10 +0000 UTC View Post"About to die?"
Sōwa couldn't quite understand what Ryouma meant.
Jinchūriki had tailed beasts sealed inside them. Unless the injuries were extremely severe, they were honestly quite ...
2025-11-23 01:55:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe dazed expression on Alvida's face cleared up surprisingly fast, like someone snapping out of a trance.
"So?" Marcus asked cautiously. "How was it? What happened?"
Alvida looked at h...
2025-11-20 01:53:39 +0000 UTC View Post"How do I even explain this?" Marcus muttered, thinking for a moment.
Then he started experimenting.
He plucked a small piece off the cloud house, kneading and shaping it until he'd for...
2025-11-20 01:52:17 +0000 UTC View PostAlvida dragged him into a small house made of white clouds.
"Haven't you noticed something? Every time you take over someone's body with your Soul Possession ability, you use their powers way...
2025-11-20 01:51:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe Straw Hats and everyone else stepped aside, clearing a path to the Golden Bell.
Wyper took his first step forward.
He placed his hands on the bell. "Great Warrior Kalgara... your pr...
2025-11-20 01:50:03 +0000 UTC View PostNobody in the room believed Mario's claim except Mario himself, especially Raven, who was still rubbing her aching thigh from where she'd face-planted into an involuntary split.
The blood col...
2025-11-20 01:46:10 +0000 UTC View PostMario stood under Moira's umbrella.
Neither of them spoke as they walked toward the university auditorium. Moira knew he wasn't as innocent as he looked, but as she kept reminding herself, sh...
2025-11-20 01:45:32 +0000 UTC View PostAfter realizing which world he'd landed in, Mario frowned slightly.
The X-Men were definitely part of the Marvel universe, that much was certain. But the real question was whether this parall...
2025-11-20 01:44:54 +0000 UTC View PostMario opened his eyes and stared at the familiar patterns overhead.
"The seven days are up... Time to check on the quantum channel."
Those seven days had been pure vacation. Apart from ...
2025-11-20 01:44:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe reforging of Narsil, the Holy Sword, would take time, and both the Fellowship and the various factions needed to make their own preparations.
After the meeting ended, everyone did not set...
2025-11-20 01:42:51 +0000 UTC View PostThis was a decision that shocked not only many others but even Frodo himself.
Gandalf froze for a moment, pretending not to hear Frodo's first outcry, and continued to persuade the others. 2025-11-20 01:41:51 +0000 UTC View Post
"No."
Boromir's refusal sounded cold and ruthless, but his head was positively warm, bobbing like a rattle.
Putting aside whether the moment was appropriate, just looking at the armour ...
2025-11-20 01:40:46 +0000 UTC View PostAt the end of the Third Age, year 3018, on a bright noon, the Council of Rivendell was convened.
Presided over by Elrond, the Lord of Rivendell, the main attendees included the highest leader...
2025-11-20 01:39:59 +0000 UTC View Post